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Oil Companies Plan to Take the Road Already Traveled

Union of Concerned Scientists

Heat-trapping emissions must be cut in half by 2030 to reach the Paris agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5 Shareholder advocates such as the Dutch nongovernmental organization Follow This have again filed proposals focused on the companies’ 2030 emissions reduction targets and their alignment with the Paris Agreement.

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

HumanNature

As per the World Investment Report 2023, much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, was concentrated in developed countries. Transparent country-specific regulations need to be put in place.

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Sustainable Finance 101: The Impact of Climate Change on Your Money

Enviromental Defense

The 2007-8 financial crisis was caused by a housing bubble worth an estimated $250-500 billion. The report also indicates that under current government policies, fossil fuel production will rise in the coming years, contrary to the Paris Agreement. In 2022 , the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP) alone had $21.72

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The Future of Carbon Capture and Sequestration

The Energy Law

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. 4] A necessary step for wide-scale CCS development and deployment is the creation of a clear legal framework to regulate this new technology. 585, 589 (2007). [3]

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Social Dynamics and Climate Change

Law Columbia

subsidies, publicly-funded research, and regulation) is necessary for the de-carbonization of the energy sector. For example, in a panel on energy transitions, the speakers uniformly recognized that government intervention (e.g., It seems that this is one area where much greater ambition will be needed in the near future.

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The ITLOS Advisory Opinion and Marine Geoengineering: More Questions, Few Answers

Law Columbia

Marine geoengineering first came to the attention of the international community in 2007, when a U.S.-based The Planktos proposal never went ahead, but it did prompt the international community to consider whether and how ocean fertilization should be regulated. But that term continues to be widely used in international discussions.

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The Future of Carbon Capture and Sequestration

The Energy Law

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. A necessary step for wide-scale CCS development and deployment is the creation of a clear legal framework to regulate this new technology. 585, 589 (2007). [3]